Free radical scavenging behavior of ten exotic tropical fruits extracts

Food Research International

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 2072-2075

  Rufino, Maria S M ^a   Alves, Ricardo E ^a   Fernandes, Fabiano A N ^b   Brito, Edy S ^a  

^a EMBRAPA AGROINDÚSTRIA TROPICAL   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

DPPH; Kinetics; Radical scavenger; Tropical fruit

Indexed keywords

ENZYME KINETICS; FRUITS; RATE CONSTANTS; SCAVENGING;

2 ,2-DIPHENYL-1-PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ANTIRADICAL CAPACITIES; DPPH; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGING; RADICAL SCAVENGERS; SECOND-ORDER RATE CONSTANTS; SYNTHETIC ANTIOXIDANTS; TROPICAL FRUITS;

FREE RADICALS;

MOURIRI DOMINGENSIS;

EID: 79960023989     PISSN: 09639969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodres.2010.07.002     Document Type: Article

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